Our webslinger found herself in quite the predicament in Manehattan. Now, she was trapped inside of a bank vault with one of the super villains she had helped to put away, along with a bunch of hostages. To make matters worse, the bomb was slowly ticking away, in a matter of minutes it would go off and take out everything in its path.
But is it possible that there's a way for our heroine to escape, and live to swing another day? Well Spider fans, we're about to find out!
"Funny, out of all the ways I imagined my end, being stuck in a vault with a bomb wasn't one of them," Spider Mare thought to herself, as the seconds ticked by. "I'm sorry, Cheese. I know I shouldn't have taken off without saying goodbye, I just hope you'll be able to move on without me. Equestria needs party ponies like you."
Meanwhile, The Mane-iac had managed to crawl over to the bomb's control panel, and was frantically typing in codes in an attempt to turn off the bomb. But nothing worked. "I can't believe this is how my life's going to end!" The Mane-iac growled. "This is all your fault, web swinger! If you hadn't show up with your goody two horseshoes heroism, none of this would be happening!"
"Hey, don't be playing the blame game with me, Mane-iac!" Spider Mare snapped back. "If you and The Scorpion had just stayed in jail like you were supposed, we wouldn't be having this conversation! Speaking of which, how did the two of you get out? You have to had help from someone."
"Like I'd ever tell you, you stinkin' spider!" The Mane-iac answered.
"Why not? There's no way either of us are walking out of here in one piece." Spider Mare replied.
"I don't care, it's a secret I'll take to my grave!" The Mane-iac insisted. "But at least you'll be going with me!"
However, at that very moment, Spider Mare and The Mane-iac were surprised to see what appeared to be a small hole forming in one of the walls next to the vault door. And it seemed to grow bigger and bigger with each passing second.
"Could it be?" Spider Mare thought to herself, as the hole grew large enough for its creator to enter.
"Still got it," The Scorpion said to herself, as she emerged from the hole and entered the vault. Then she turned to the hostages. "All of you get out of here, now! Get as far away from this building as you can!"
The hostages were understandably hesitant to do as The Scorpion had asked of them, for all they knew it could be a trap.
"Go! Save yourselves!" Spider Mare ordered. "Don't worry, if these clowns try anything, I'll be here to stop them!"
With that bit of reassurance, the hostages quickly fled through the hole and out onto the streets of Manehattan. Now, only Spider Mare and the two super villains remained in the vault with the ticking time bomb.
"You're lucky your crummy webs couldn't hold me forever, Spider Mare," The Scorpion taunted. "I suppose a few 'Thank You''s are in order?"
"You'll get one thank you for freeing the hostages, but don't think you're off the hook for what you tried to do," Spider Mare replied seriously. "But for right now, I could use your help. We have to get rid of that bomb!"
"Well, what do you want us to do?" The Mane-iac asked. "That bomb's gonna go off at any second!"
"Then there's no time to waste!" Spider Mare shouted. "Scorpion, can you make a hole in one of the walls at the back of the vault?!"
"You don't even have to say 'please'." The Scorpion laughed, and quickly set to work. Soon, there was a hole in the back of the vault that was the same size as the hole in the front of the vault.
"Quick, Mane-iac, grab that bomb and chuck it as hard as you can through the hole Scorpion made!" Spider Mare instructed. "Hurry, before it's too late!"
"Not until you untie the knot you made in my mane!" The Mane-iac hissed.
"Just don't try anything funny!" Spider Mare replied, as she reluctantly did as the Mane-iac had asked. "There, good enough?"
"Yup, that should do just fine," The Mane-iac chuckled, as she picked up the bomb with her mane. "You all might wanna stand back a bit!" And with a great heave, she hurled the bomb through the hole in the back of the vault.
As The Mane-iac did so, Spider Mare was able to get a close look at the bomb's timer, and she saw that it was going to explode in a matter of seconds. "Hit the deck!" she shouted, dropping to the floor of the vault and pulling The Scorpion and The Mane-iac down with her, she then covered her ears and waited for the explosion!
Barely five seconds after The Mane-iac had tossed it out of the vault, the bomb's timer hit zero. But rather than an enormous explosion, there was a faint puff of smoke, followed by a few brief jolts of electricity.
"Well, whadya know? The bomb was a dud all long." The Scorpion observed.
"I'll bet the boss knew it too, but didn't tell us. He wanted to see us squirm, like worms in the dirt!" The Mane-iac growled. "If I get my hooves on that double crossing scum bag, I'll make him wish he was never born!"
"Which reminds me, who are you two working for?!" Spider Mare asked angrily. "Someone or something helped you break out of that prison, and I want to know who or what it is!"
"And you think we're just going to tell you? Fat chance!" The Scorpion protested.
"Yeah, we don't owe you anything, Spider Mare!" The Mane-iac added. "In fact, I think it's time for a little payback!"
But before either of the two super villains could do anything, Spider Mare quickly webbed them up. "Maybe I wasn't clear before," she said furiously. "Who's your boss?! Tell me, if you don't want to spend weeks in the prison infirmary! I heard the doctors there don't believe in using pain killers!"
"Is that supposed to scare us?" The Mane-iac asked. "'Cause it ain't working."
"Face it, Spider Mare, we ain't talking! And there's nothing you can say or do to change that!" The Scorpion added with a smirk.
Anger welling up inside her, Spider Mare trotted up to The Mane-iac, and pressed her up against the wall. "Apparently you haven't noticed," she said in an ominous tone of voice. "Tonight is NOT a good night to test my patience! Now, for the last time, who or what helped you escape?! Talk!"
Any will The Mane-iac had to resist, faded away the moment she got a good look at Spider Mare and the anger contained within her eyes. "Alright, alright, I'll tell you. Just don't hurt me, please!"
"I can't gurantee that until you tell me what I wanna know!" Spider Mare demanded. "Let's hear it!"
"All I know is, he's some nut job who calls himself Electro, and he can travel through or control anything electrical," The Mane-iac confessed. "After this big lab fire, Scorpion and I were forced to share a cell, and that's when he showed up. He told us that if we agreed to let him call the shots, he'd help us escape, and then he'd help us defeat you."
"And how'd that plan turn out for the two of you?" Spider Mare asked in a mocking tone of voice, before she asked. "So, where is Electro now?"
"He said he'd be up on the roof," The Scorpion answered. "He told us he'd only come down to help if he felt his presence was absolutely necessary. We should've known he was playing us for saps."
"Well, I'll see to it that Electro accompanies the two of you back to that prison!" Spider Mare said to the webbed up super villains. "After I drop you two off at the Manehattan Police Department." And she dragged the two villains away, even as they groaned about having to go back to jail.
Does Spider Mare stand a chance against Electro? What sort of sinister plan is Electro cooking up for our unsuspecting web slinger? And is it just me, or does our favorite wall crawler seem to acting a bit off tonight? Well spider fans, the only way to find out is to read on.